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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2009
Steven B. Woolfson, Boston, MA (US);
Richard B. Streeter, Winchester, MA (US);
Daniel C. Taylor, Brighton, MA (US);
John R. Liddicoat, Boston, MA (US);
Steven B. Woolfson, Boston, MA (US);
Richard B. Streeter, Winchester, MA (US);
Daniel C. Taylor, Brighton, MA (US);
John R. Liddicoat, Boston, MA (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A fixation band for affixing a prosthetic heart valve to tissue having proximal and distal annular portions positionable relative to one another, the proximal and distal annular portions each having a proximal and distal sides, the proximal side of the distal annular portion and the distal side of the proximal annular portion being oriented toward one another, and a prosthetic heart valve being attachable to one of the distal side of the distal annular portion and the proximal side of the proximal annular portion; staples configured between the distal side of the proximal annular portion and the proximal side of the distal annular portion; and a compression device operative between the proximal and distal annular portions for selectively positioning the proximal and distal annular members toward one another for compressing the staples therebetween and deploying the staples into tissue so as to affix the prosthetic heart valve to tissue.